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New Cellulose Methylene Ether

Nature volume 124, page 762 (1929)Cite this article

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SYMMETRICAL dichiorodimethyl sulphate isolated by Fuchs and Katscher (Ber., 60, 2288; 1927) has been found to react with soda cellulose (using Haworth's technique) giving monomethylene cellulose of maximum OCH2, content 17.2 per cent and corresponding with the formula C6H7O2(OH) (O2CH2).

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WOOD, F. New Cellulose Methylene Ether. Nature 124, 762 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124762c0

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